Leucania linearis T.P. Lucas, 1892 HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are pale brown, each with a series of incomplete forked black-edged white lines The hindwings are white shading to brown at the margins. The wingspans are about 3-4 cms.

((Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Thomas P. Lucas,
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 8 (1892), p. 85.

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(written 19 October 2014)